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- noun Plural form of
professorship .
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Examples
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Soon, I received offers of full professorships from the University of Heidelberg, Yale University, and Harvard University.
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Now the colleges for women maintain professorships in every branch of science filled honorably and successfully by women.
Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 1894
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They dared not face the law courts lest it should come out that the professorships were the rewards of sectarian bigotry.
Gulmore, The Boss Frank Harris 1893
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They dared not face the law courts lest it should come out that the professorships were the rewards of sectarian bigotry.
Elder Conklin and Other Stories Frank Harris 1893
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The interchange of professorships which is taking place throughout the world today is a splendid and hopeful sign of coming good feeling.
Internationalism 1924
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Instruction in the University was given in the following schools, called "professorships," viz:
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He and his wife, Dixie, funded an endowed professorship in Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University, one of the few such endowed professorships in the country.
Don McNay: Wisdom from a Wealth Wizard Don McNay 2011
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After a brief stint at New York University, he spent the rest of his career at Rutgers University, with visiting professorships at Århus University, Stanford University, and the University of British Columbia; he retired from Rutgers in 2007.
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When it comes to building résumés and courting full professorships, podcasts don't typically count.
'Tolkien Professor' brings Middle-earth to iTunes Daniel de Vise 2011
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He and his wife, Dixie, funded an endowed professorship in Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University, one of the few such endowed professorships in the country.
Don McNay: Wisdom from a Wealth Wizard Don McNay 2011
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